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Where does “microneighbourhood” come from?

microneighbourhood (English) comes from English neighbourhood, from English neighbour, from Middle English neighebor, from Old English nēahġebūr, from Proto-West Germanic nāhwagabūrō, from Proto-Germanic nēhwagabūrô, from Proto-Germanic nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂nḗḱwos — to reach, to attain.

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  1. Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland,...

Ancestry of “microneighbourhood”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishneighbourhoodalternative form of neighborhood
2EnglishneighbourA person living on adjacent or nearby land; a...
3Middle Englishneigheborneighbour; citizen
4Old Englishnēahġebūrneighbour
5Proto-West Germanicnāhwagabūrō—
6Proto-Germanicnēhwagabūrôneighbour
7Proto-Germanicnēhwaznear, close
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂nḗḱwos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂neḱ-to reach, to attain
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